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On Thursday, Kazakhstan, an exporter of oil and copper, devaluated its currency to help its economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 20, 2015

Dollar based assets are devaluated and this makes foreign investment in the US less profitable while commodities such as oil increase in price.

From Economist • Jun. 1, 2012

By today's devaluated standards, his pay is $122.50 a year, plus $47.25 in lieu of a butt of sack�once part of the traditional stipend.

From Time Magazine Archive

But not at the expense of classrooms being jammed, professors frustrated, students lost in the shuffle, and devaluated diplomas.

From Time Magazine Archive

It now bridges dramatically between life and death, in a world where the currency of both life and death is, for all practical purposes, devaluated.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai